http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/108635/cart-with-ox-and-farmer-gallery-label-current ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Cart with Ox and Farmer: Gallery Label - Current http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/108635/cart-with-ox-and-farmer-gallery-label-current 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/108635/cart-with-ox-and-farmer-gallery-label-current Sun, 01 Jun 2003 00:00:00 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3>Cart with Ox and Farmer: Gallery Label - Current</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Author</td> <td><h3>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3>2003-01-21</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</td> </tr> </table><br/>Cast nearly two-thousand years ago, this bronze oxcart would have been placed in an upper-class tomb to serve as an auspicious emblem of plentiful harvests through all eternity. For centuries, the Chinese have associated agriculture and the noble work of farmers with peace and prosperity. A tomb object like this would have ensured prosperity for the afterlife. <p>Pottery bullock carts have been found in numerous tombs of the Han (206 b.c.-a.d. 220) and T'ang (618-906) dynasties, but to date this is the only known bronze Han dynasty oxcart and farmer. An extraordinarily rare find, it was excavated in Sichuan province in west central China.</p> http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/108635/cart-with-ox-and-farmer-gallery-label-current Cast nearly two-thousand years ago, this bronze oxcart would have been placed in an upper-class tomb to serve as an auspicious emblem of plentiful harvests through all eternity. For centuries, the Chinese have associated agriculture and the noble work of farmers with peace and prosperity. A tomb object like this would have ensured prosperity for the afterlife. Pottery bullock carts have been found in numerous tombs of the Han (206 b.c.-a.d. 220) and T'ang (618-906) dynasties, but to date this is the only known bronze Han dynasty oxcart and farmer. An extraordinarily rare find, it was excavated in Sichuan province in west central China. " type="image/jpeg" />Cast nearly two-thousand years ago, this bronze oxcart would have been placed in an upper-class tomb to serve as an auspicious emblem of plentiful harvests through all eternity. For centuries, the Chinese have associated agriculture and the noble work of farmers with peace and prosperity. A tomb object like this would have ensured prosperity for the afterlife. Pottery bullock carts have been found in numerous tombs of the Han (206 b.c.-a.d. 220) and T'ang (618-906) dynasties, but to date this is the only known bronze Han dynasty oxcart and farmer. An extraordinarily rare find, it was excavated in Sichuan province in west central China. " type="image/jpeg" />Copyright Minneapolis Institute of ArtsMinneapolis Institute of Arts